“In October 2020 the Supreme Court delivered its judgments in the cases of Stoffel and Co v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42; [2021] AC 540 (Grondona) and Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2020] UKSC 43; [2021] AC 563 (Henderson). Although the facts were very different, both cases engaged the issue of the illegality defence in English law following the Supreme Court’s earlier decision in Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42; [2017] AC 467. Initially, the Supreme Court had indicated that it wished to hear these cases back-to-back. For reasons it is unnecessary to set out, that did not occur. In the event however, the cases were heard over a short period of time albeit, possibly regrettably, by slightly different panels …”
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Michael Pooles, ‘Stoffel and Co v Grondona’ (2021) 37(4) Professional Negligence 165-170.
First posted 2021-12-23 17:00:23
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